Everything's Eventual

Stephen King is a genius – although he and I have a somewhat tempestuous relationship. I want to read him, but sometimes he just wont let me. For example, I loved the film The Green Mile, but do you think I can get into the book? And the new book, Lisey’s Story. Do you think I can get into that? That’s not to say that I haven’t read and enjoyed many of his books (does it get any better than the Dark Tower series?), but sometimes, we are not a great fit.

Fortunately for me, Everything’s Eventual – a series of short stories - was a great fit. We have King at his scary best in the title story, as well as the truly frightening 1408 (soon to be out on film with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, so it will have to be good) and a few good moments in Autopsy Room Four. For Dark Tower fans, Kings returns to tell us the story of The Little Sisters of Illyria. Very cool.

But don’t forget that King also wrote the story that The Shawshank Redemption is based on. So Lucky Quarter and The Death Room deserve a mention too.

This collection is out again at the moment because of the film release of 1408 – so grab a copy if you can.